Relationships between the minor axis semidiameter and major axis semidiameter have been empirically determined for different structural detail geometries.
Its east–west major axis permitted many inventions adopted in one part of Eurasia to spread relatively rapidly to societies at similar latitudes and climates elsewhere in Eurasia.
I think our good friend Aaron Levy, you know, laid this out pretty well in this tweet here where he talks about these three major axes, the things that, you know, are most likely to be replaced.